Pain Olympics

The Pain Olympics is one of the events that occasionally occurs at BME BBQs, especially BMEFest. It is not endorsed in any way by the IOC but merely a contest to see who has the highest pain tolerance and stamina where the contestants come from a group of familiar people. Much like drinking games, these are performed at the contestant own risk as a rite of passage, but unlike drinking games, it is often done by totally sober people.

Rites of passage involving pain tolerance have been documented from the earliest of human records [ [http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/web-stories/ritesofpassage/index.php Rites of Passage index] ] and as such, the Pain Olympics can hardly be called new or genuine. What sets it apart from other such rituals, like Kavadi or the Phuket Vegetarian Festival [ [http://www.phuketvegetarian.com/ Official Home Page for the Phuket Vegetarian Festival] ] , is that it is rarely done for spiritual enlightenment, but rather out of curiosity and sport. In addition, Pain Olympics are almost exclusively held by those people attending BME BBQs and are usually well photographed and video recorded for bmezine.com and there generally is no prize for winning other than notoriety.

History

The first Pain Olympics were from the 2002 July 1st BBQ in Toronto, Ontario, where some of the events were drinking hot sauce [ [http://exp.bmezine.com/search/srch2004.exe?search=Toronto+BBQ+2002&lim=0&ioff=10&eoff=0&inurl= Right column, bottom row, Greg drinking concoction] ] , forehead pulling [ [http://exp.bmezine.com/search/srch2004.exe?search=Forehead+pull&lim=0 Shannon Larratt vs. Martini Howe] ] , and seeing how much weight one can carry on a suspension [ [http://exp.bmezine.com/search/srch2004.exe?search=Toronto+BBQ+2002&lim=0&ioff=6&eoff=0&inurl= Suspending one person off of another] ] . This Pain Olympics set the tone for those to follow, with contestants like The Lizardman, Shannon Larratt, and [http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/The_Great_Orbax The Great Orbax] .

BME Pain Olympics: Final Round

There is a hoax Internet viral video entitled "BME Pain Olympics: Final Round" that has nothing to do with the actual Pain Olympics. It has been viewed by a large number of Web surfers and has been the subject of reaction videos on sites including YouTube. In the video, two men are seen performing self-genital mutilation. The original video, hosted on BMEzine, displays a message at the end confirming it is fake, however most of the other versions of the video on other websites do not have that message at the end. After a recent schism between the owners, BME no longer provides many of the April Fools' Day Publishers Ring articles, including the one announcing this video as a prank. [ [http://www.bmezine.com/news/bmenews.html Note that April Fools' PubRing articles are missing] ] Since the article is no longer hosted, neither is the video which, while very graphic and contains some real content, is not 100% authentic. Other April Fools' Day articles in the past have included identical twins swapping body parts and a couple biting each other's fingers off as a sign of commitment. [ [http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/April_Fools A short list of surviving April Fools' articles] ]

The video of the two "competitors" seem to be taken from actual footage of EREBLI [ [http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/EREBLI EXTREME CONTENT! Genital mutilation involved!] ] and Kokomi.3k [ [http://iam.bmezine.com/?kokomi.3k EXTREME CONTENT! Genital mutilation involved!] May need [http://iam.bmezine.com IAM subscription] to view.] but have been doctored to make them look more intense than they actually are.

The song "Livin' Like a Zombie" by Mortification is played in the video.

ee Also

* Backyard wrestling
* Rite of passage
* Kavadi
* Phuket Vegetarian Festival

References

External Links

* [http://exp.bmezine.com/search/srch2004.exe?search=2002+Toronto+BBQ&image2.x=0&image2.y=0 List of experiences and photos from the 2002 July 1^st Toronto BBQ]
* [http://ihung.org/ ihung.org Suspension Group Home Page]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=126942366 I Was Cured Home Page on myspace]